I hope your weekend is going well. My folks are back in the gym again. I work with my Dad who is new to the gym. He goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I work with him and when my folks head home, I knock out my workout. Just so you know, my Mom is 76 and my Dad will be 81 on the 10th of March 2020. A little motivation for you, if you’re thinking you’re too old to hit the gym.

Anyway, here’s my schedule for the week:

Sunday – Back and Biceps

Monday – Cardio

Tuesday – Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Wednesday – Legs and Abs

Thursday – Cardio

Friday – Cardio and Back and Biceps

Saturday – Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Have a great week, folks! I hope all of you are getting your exercise in, whatever form that may take.

I’m finally back! Today I started a new workout routine. It is intense and I love it!

Here you go, folks!

Planet Fitness, Ft. Gratiot

Superset: Leg Press and Calf Press combined with a pyramid

Leg Press 1x50, 1×40, 1×30, 1×20, 1×10, 1×10, 1×20, 1×30, 1×40, 1×50

Calf Press 1x50, 1×40, 1×30, 1×20, 1×10, 1×10, 1×20, 1×30, 1×40, 1×50

If you’re new to lifting, a superset requires one set, followed immediately by another. In this case, you do one set of leg presses, followed by a set of calf presses on the leg press machine with no rest between. Once you’ve completed an iteration, you take a break. That’s it in a nutshell. The pyramids involve starting light with a set of 50, going heavier at 40, going heavier at 30, 20, 10 and so on. Then, to complete the pyramid, you start at 10 reps and increase 10 reps each superset back up to 50. So light down to heavy, heavy up to light. I enjoy pyramids because they insure you work the muscle group hard.

Today’s message is about having a backup plan. I went to the gym Cutting Edge and discovered that all the equipment I needed for today’s workout was under maintenance. Luckily, I have a membership at Planet Fitness too. So, I packed up, headed down the road and did my workout at Planet Fitness instead. If you only have one gym membership and you run into the same trouble, have a home workout designed to accommodate your workout. You can’t control what a gym does, you can only adapt to whatever circumstances arise.